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Thursday, January 3, 2008
R.E.M. Accelerates
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Photo: Laura Noel/Staff
The upcoming R.E.M. album now has a title. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will release their 14th full-length studio album, “Accelerate,” in April.
The album was recorded in Dublin and Vancouver and produced by Jacknife Lee. Lee has worked with U2 and Snow Patrol, among others. Interviews and reports from some live shows in Dublin have indicated that the new album is a more rocking and guitar-oriented affair than its low-key predecessors “Reveal” and “Around the Sun.”
The only live date R.E.M. has booked for 2008 is the Langerado Music Festival, taking place on the Big Cypress Seminole Reservation in the South Florida Everglades March 6-9. The band is expected to embark on a full-scale tour in the spring, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
Are you looking forward to the return of an amped-up R.E.M.? Will you be lining up for tickets when tour dates are announced?
